Behavior Intervention Team

It is EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY to report observed student behavior that gives cause for concern.

SCC is committed to the health and safety of its faculty, staff and students and to maintaining a safe
environment in which they may work and learn. Therefore, any student behavior that causes concern on campus
or in the classroom should be reported to the Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT). Complete the electronic BIT Referral
Report Form which will automatically be emailed to the BIT.

SCC Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT)

The SCC Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) is a multi-disciplinary team of college administrators, faculty, counselors
and campus safety personnel who serve as a behavioral assessment group when a student's behavior has been so peculiar, problematic,
distracting or disruptive that it calls for reporting. The BIT team will be responsible for implementing a proactive student
behavioral intervention process that uses formalized protocols to both assess behavior that poses a potential threat to campus
safety/security and coordinate resources for early intervention and support for involved students.

The BIT is the clearinghouse for tracking and responding to behavioral issues that are reported on campus.
Team members will gather information about the behavior of concern from appropriate administrators, faculty, staff and students.
They then will analyze and assess the situation and make caring, proactive recommendations about the best ways to help the individual
or individuals through support, intervention or referral. Team members will also coordinate follow-up when appropriate.

Goals

The goals of the BIT are:

To be a resource to SCC faculty, staff, students and administrators for addressing student behavioral issues

To intervene when necessary in order to reduce the chances of problematic behavior escalating into serious situations

To gather information campus-wide and provide a central location where behavioral issues and concerns can be collected and analyzed

To create a networking system that responds to and is supportive of behaviorally at-risk students

Additional Information

Team Members

The Behavioral Intervention Team is a multi-disciplinary group whose purpose is to support students, faculty and staff
via an established protocol. The team tracks student behavioral concerns over time, detecting patterns, trends and
disturbances in individual or group behavior. The team receives reports of disruptive, problematic or concerning behavior
or misconduct; conducts an investigation of each report; performs a threat assessment; and then determines the best
mechanisms for support, intervention, warning/notification, and response. The team then activates campus and/or
community resources and coordinates follow-up. BIT is not a substitute for classroom management.
You may contact them at BIT@scc.spokane.edu.

Team members will include at a minimum the following employees:

A student services administrator

A Counseling department representative

A Disability Support Services representative

An instructional representative

A Campus Security representative

Team members as of October 2012:

Mike Lenker, Administrator

Carmen Green, Counseling

Deanna Ortiz, Counseling

Gretchen Ford, Counseling

Dennis Johnson, Disability Support Services

Cheri Osler, Instructional

Charles Hollen, Security

Representatives from the following agencies may also participate as resources to, or ad hoc members of, the SCC BIT team:

Assigned Assistant Attorney General

Union representative

City police and/or Community Mental Health representative

Registration and/or Financial Aid department representative

Veterans Affairs/Services representative

Members will serve for a period defined by that unit's appointing authority and a process for replacement of a
team vacancy will be developed.

Each behavioral incident or concern reported to the BIT will be different; however, the process by which the reports are
investigated will generally remain the same. The following is a general guide of how the BIT process will work:

Report

Meet

Review the Threat Assessment and Intervention Tools to determine a generalized risk level

Determine if the behavior should be handled at the BIT level or referred to a disciplinary process

Identify next steps and/or appropriate resources if needed

Investigate

An investigation may be initiated by contacting the student reported, as well as faculty and students who filed
the report on or interacted with the reported student. Other resources are consulted to determine whether there is
a pattern to the reported behavior.

Recommend

BIT team members process all information received through the investigation and develop their recommendations. Recommendations
are discussed with the student who was reported, and the student's follow-through on completing the BIT recommendations is tracked.

Report to Team

A report is made to BIT team members via email, unless another face-to-face meeting is needed to discuss concerns raised
after meeting with the reported student.

Follow Up with Staff

The BIT team follows up with the person or persons who reported the incident to let them know action was taken.

Data Recording

Information on the incident reported is recorded for future reference and tracking.